Bosh, child's play. I operated two pirates that got busted by the FCC, and several more before them that didn't. If you were brats, I was a thug. Hi.
I did make one or two 5-watt, non-crystal control transmitters, but realized soon that hets were gauch...the sign of a kid that didn't know how to build transmitters. Thereafter, I went as high as 15 watts, but no higher. Heterodynes decrease coverage and harmonics can propagate far. I always used at least an tuned-L network at the transmitter output, but found that a Pi network would give better suppression of harmonics and could match into the weird things I tried for antennas. Early on, I had very little to call studio equipment, so I "joined up" with other kids that pirated with the usual souped-up, phonograph-oscillator (100 mW) type transmitters. I was the CE and they did the programming, although I did some shows. On the pirate WISK-730/1550/1110 (which was a rock station), we wanted to do a light music show Sundays during "church hours" (0700 - 1200), so I came in and did "Sunday Serenade." My theme was Percy Faith's "Theme From Summer Place." We had a phone line, and I'd get calls from old folks in the neighborhood who liked my program. At 1200 sharp, we went into rock. Supposed they tuned out then. Ah, memories! CAT the Pirate (ret.) Charles A Taylor, WD4INP Greenville, North Carolina _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com